Title in the Language of the Records

Registros Parroquiales de la Provincia de Catamarca, Argentina

Record Description

These records are in Spanish. This Collection will include records from 1724 to 1971. This collection of church records includes baptism, confirmation, marriage, and death records for the Immaculada Concepción, San Francisco de Asís, Nuestra Señora de Belén, Catedral Nuestro Señora del Valle, Nuestro Señora de Luján, Nuestra Señora del Rosario, San Roque, San José, Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria and Tinogasta parishes in the Catamarca Province.

Earlier registers are handwritten in narrative style, and later records were handwritten on printed forms. Catholic Church parish registers are the major records available to identify individuals, parents, and spouses before 1930. After this date, civil authorities began registering vital statistics, which by law includes people of all religions. For genealogical purposes, the information in civil sources confirms and supplements the information in church records. Records from some of these parishes have been indexed and are searchable as part of this collection. Additional indexed records will be published as they become available.

For a list of localities currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.

Record Content

Baptism

Marriage

Death

Confirmation

Birth records usually include the following information:

Date of event

Place of event

Name of child

Child's birth date

Spouse and marriage date

Parents' names and place of residence

Godparents' names and place residence

Marriage records usually include the following information:

Names of the groom and bride

Date of event

Place of event

Declaring witnesses' name, civil status and residence

Groom’s name, civil status and age

Groom's parents' names and civil status

Bride's name, age and civil status

Bride's parents' names and their residence

Witnesses' names, civil status and residence

Death records may include the following information:

Date of event

Place of event

Name of deceased

Age of deceased

Names of Parents

Civil status of parents

Confirmation records may include the following information:

Date and place of confirmation

Name of individual

Parents' names

Gender

Godparents

How to Use the Record

To browse this collection you will need to follow this series of links:⇒ Select the "Browse" link in the initial search page⇒ Select the “City or Town” category⇒ Select the “Parish” category⇒ Select the “Record Type and Years” which takes you to the images.

Look at the images one by one comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.

For example:

Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information.

Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names.

Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records.

Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.

Occupations listed can lead you to other types of records such as employment or military records.

Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.

The name of the officiator is a clue to their religion or area of residence in the county. However, ministers may have reported marriages performed in other counties.

Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual.

Continue to search the marriage records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the bride and groom who may have married in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify.

Use the marriage number to identify previous marriages.

When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.

Keep in mind:

The information in church records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.

Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after the late 1800.

There is also some variation in the information given from one record to another.

If you are unable to find the ancestors you are looking for, try the following:

Check for variant spellings of the surnames.

Search the records of nearby localities.

For Help Reading These Records

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